same feeling.... On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:59 PM, romanr <goo...@romanr.info> wrote:
> Satyajit Malugu wrote: > > Can you guys share the techniques or the mind set for solving the > problems fastly? > > Some of things I observed so far. > > 1. Don't try new languages or techniques. > > actually is not true for practice times > > > 1. Already have your IDE and language,debugger and scaffolding setup. > > yes, it helps > > > 1. Its OK to hardcode > 2. cpp is the language of choice ( but I don't agree like many others) > > dunno > > > 1. Practice regex's you have to become damn good at them. > > Not always. It was a particular task and probably won't be the same > one. > > > 1. Practice, practice and more practice > > Agree. > > Well, I think if you wanna solve a problem "fast" way, better use hi-level > languages, like Python, Perl, Java. > The language should handle memory management and provide convenient data > structures. > But this approach doesn't work for real life. If you solve tasks fast but > dirty - probably you need a good tester behind you. > Not saying about code supporting when you gone. > > This contest is not for real programming, rather for solving particular > mathematical problems. Also for fun for botanists :) (like all we are) > So familiarity with mathworld.wolfram.com (and other particular sites) is > appreciated. > It's my opinion. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to google-code@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
